Methard Leaves PAC for Novelty Workers Union Staff
Jack Methard resigns from the Hamilton County Political Action Committee to become international representative for the Novelty, Plaything and Jewelry Workers Union. He will base his new duties in Cincinnati and assume them around November 15.
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Hamilton County Political Action Committee
Jack Methard
Novelty, Plaything and Jewelry Workers Union
Methard
Cincinnati
Ben Herman
PAC
Novelty Workers
Rae
The
Auto Workers
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Auto Worker's Pac
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Unions Face Struggle After Election Defeat
After a sweeping defeat, unions face a hard fight to defend gains of the last 14 years. Ohio voters sent John W. Bricker to join Senator Taft in Washington, with Hamilton County and others backing Elston and Hess against Tabor allies. A Washington progressives conference on November 8 will guide future action with leaders from CIO PAC and national groups attending.
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John W. Bricker
Othor
Liberal
Federated Press
Wall Street Shows Its Bias In Productivity Debate
An article cites the Journal of Commerce arguing that industrial productivity may be improving in some sectors despite labor criticism. It notes output per man hour rising in consumer goods with high production, while reconversion delays slow other industries. It predicts productivity will rise as operations stay high.
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Wall Street
Journal of Commerce
Rogge Firing Sparks U S Fascist Coverup Question
The New Deal era dispute over O John Rogge's dismissal from the Justice Department grows as critics claim his suppression of a report on American fascist elements and Nazi ties. Rogge had linked Lewis and others to Nazi figures and sought publication of documents.
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Washington
O. John Rogge
Dept. of Justice
United States
Swarthmore College
Rogge
Germany
Truman
Wheeler
John L. Lewis
United States Mine Workers
White House
Sen
Pres. Truman
Goering
Lewis
Roosevelt
Justice Dept
William R. Davis
International Oil
Lewis UN
Fdr
San Francisco
New York
Federated Press
Gerhardt Alois Westrick
Westrick
von Ribbentrop
Living Cost Cuts Hit UK Workers Says UE Study
A 503 worker survey by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers CIO finds earnings below bare necessities. Respondents cut milk butter eggs and clothing purchases and most used savings to cover essentials amid higher costs.
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United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO
Profits Prove Labor Was Right
New York reports 1946 quarter earnings up 70 percent from 1945, driven by higher sales and profits after repeal of excess profits tax. National City Bank bases on 350 industrials, noting nine month gain of 12 percent despite six month dip, while Allis-Chalmers shows a $17 million plant strike loss offset by expected tax refunds.
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New York
National City Bank of New York
National City Bank
CIO
Federated Pictures
Refute Challenge of Kroll in Absentee Ballot Case
Republicans challenged Jack Kroll absentee voting citing his absence in Cincinnati while he directed CIO PAC. In New York a hearing examined his citizenship. Kroll later had his wife verify his father Marks Kroll’s naturalization papers from 1891 in Rochester New York, establishing that his father’s naturalization conferred citizenship.
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Jack Kroll
Cio-Pac
Cincinnati
Kroll
New York
Marks Kroll
Rochester
N. Y
England
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Novelty Workers Union
Detroit
Ford Workers
Middle West
Political Action Committee
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Secretary of the
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Frank
Kingdon “and Co
B. Baldwin
Nati
Pres
A. F. Whitney
Bro. of
Cno-Pac
Jo Davidson
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
James Patton
Nati. Farmers Union
Sec
Walter White
Nati. Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Clark Foreman
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Conference of Progressives
Natl Citizens Pac
Wall St
America
U. S
Henry C. Fleisher
CIO News Service
Burton K. Wheeler
D. Mont
Allis-Chalmers Co
A-C
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